Improvement in grain-drills



J. D. JONES.

Grain-Drill.

Patented Sept 26. 1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES D. JONES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-DRILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,134, dated September26, 1865 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES D. JoNEs, of- Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and StateofPennsylvania, haveinvented anew and usefulImprovementin Grain-Drills andBroadcast-Sowers 5 and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in suspending the hopper or seed-boxof grain-drills or broadcast-sowers on a stationary bar furnished with awiper, and imparting to the hopper or seed-box an oscillating motion,the whole being constructed, arranged, and operating in the mannerhereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of myimproved grain-drill or broad cast-sower. Fig. 2 represents a sectionalview of the same.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the drill or sowcr, theconstruction of which will readily be understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings. B and 13 represent thewheels.3representstheaxlesofthewheels. J represents the tongue of thegrain-drill or broadcast-sower. To the hub of the wheel B is attached acogwheel, marked 2, which gears into a small cog-wheel, marked 1, placedon the end of the shaft of the crank g, which has its journals orhearings in the piece marked a. To the crank g is attached aconnecting-rod, h, which is also attached to a piece marked t, which issecured to the bottom of the hopper or seed-box, O, which is suspendedon the stationary bar a, the lower edge of which is furnished withbristles for wipers. In the bottom of the hopper or seed-box O is placeda slide, marked 6, which is furnished with a suitable number of holesthrough which the seed passes. As the construction, arrangement, andoperation of this slide 0, in its connection with the hoppers ofgrain-drills, is well understood, I will proceed to describethe'operation of my improved grain -drill and broadcast-sower, which isas follows:

The revolving ot' the wheel B will revolve the cog-wheel 2, which willrevolve the cogwheel 1 and crank g, which will impart, by means of theconnecting-rod h, an oscillating motion to the hopper or seed-box, whichmotion will throw the seed toward the stationary bar 00, and thebristles marked 4 will wipe or force the seed by the oscillating ot' thehopper down through the openings in the slide 6 into suitableconductors, when applied to grain-drills, and ont0=a:distributingboardwhen applied to abroadcast-sower.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operationot myimprovement, what I claim as of my invention is- Suspending the hopperor seed-box O on a stationary bar, w, and imparting to the hopper orseed-box an oscillating motion, the whole being constructed, arranged,and operating substantially in the manner herein described and for thepurpose set forth.

JAMES D. JONES.

Witnesses JAMES J. JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER HAYS.

